Thanksgiving Trivia
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Thanksgiving Trivia is fun to share at a Thanksgiving dinner. You can also use it to play Thanksgiving jeopardy or other Thanksgiving party games.
Here are our interesting Thanksgiving facts:
Trivia Questions
1. What is another name for a “Horn of Plenty”?
2. How long did the first Thanksgiving celebration last?
3. How many Pilgrims were present at the First Thanksgiving?
4. How many Indian braves came to the first Thanksgiving feast?
5. What was the name of the Indian tribe that participated in the first Thanksgiving?
6. What was the name of their Chief?
7. True or False? Thanksgiving is only celebrated in the United States.
8. A friendly Indian who could speak English taught the Pilgrims how to survive. Who was he?
9. How many Pilgrims were on the Mayflower?
10. How many women Pilgrims were there at the time of the first Thanksgiving?
11. Was Pumpkin Pie served at the first Thanksgiving?
12. Who worked for years to establish Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
13. When did Thanksgiving become a national holiday?
14. In what year did the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade first take place?
15. Every year a U.S. President “pardons” a turkey and it goes to live on a farm. Which President started this tradition?
16. True or False? Benjamin Franklin thought that the turkey should be the national bird of the United States.
17. “Tom” Turkey is believed to be named after which famous person?
18. What NFL Team usually plays on Thanksgiving day?
19. What day is Thanksgiving held on the United States?
20. What is the day after Thanksgiving called?
Thanksgiving Trivia Answers
Answers:
1. Cornucopia
2. 3 days
3. 53
4. 90 braves
5. Wampanoag
6. Massasoit
7. False
8. Squanto
9. 102
10. Four Married Women
11. No. There were no ovens.
12. Sarah Josepha Hale
13. 1863
14. 1924
15. Harry S. Truman in 1947
16. True
17. Thomas Jefferson, because he fought against Benjamin Franklin’s desire to make the turkey the national bird.
18. The Dallas Cowboys
19. The fourth Thursday in November.
20. Black Friday
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